With hit films likeSonic the Hedgehog 2and series likeThe Witcher, it seems like video game adaptations have become the new fashion, and Sony is not looking to get left behind. Today in an investor briefing, Sony presidentJim Ryanannounced that three fan-favorite Playstation franchises would be getting a TV adaptation:Horizon,God of War, andGran Turismo. The news comes as more and more video game properties are getting scooped up for adaptations. Paramount+ just released the long-awaitedHaloseries, HBO is currently producing a highly anticipatedThe Last of Usadaptation, and in the coming years audiences will see films based on theBorderlandandSuper Mariofranchises....

Be aware there are full spoilers for ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Episode 1, “Remembrance” 25 years afterStar Trek: The Next Generationwent off the air with its gorgeous finale “All Good Things,”Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard is back in action in CBS All Access’Star Trek: Picard. It’s a risky move, bringing a character as universally beloved as Picard back to series after an ending that perfect. It’s not the first time we’ve seen the character since; he appeared in numerousTrekfilms followingTNG‘sfinale, but they all felt contained and, to a certain extent, isolated from the series....

Quick Links 2023 is shaping up to be a year full of amazingStar Warsshows as we’re currently in the midst ofSeason 3 ofThe Mandalorian, and later in the fall the long-awaitedAhsokaseries starringRosario Dawsonwill finally be hitting Disney+. But these are not the only two shows premiering this year. After the more Western-inspired shows such asThe Book of Boba FettandThe Mandalorianor the political thrillers likeAndor,Star Warsis headed in a different direction withStar Wars: Skeleton Crew....

The cast forTaylor Sheridan’snew Western drama1883: The Bass Reeves Storycontinues to grow. According toVariety,Demi Singletonis the latest to be cast for the series. She will appear as a series regular oppositeDavid Oyelowo, who plays the titular lawman. Singleton joins a cast that includesDennis Quaid,Barry Pepper, Forrest Goodluck, Lauren E. BanksandGrantham Coleman. Singleton will play Bass Reeves and Jennie’s (Banks) daughter Sally, who is described as “precocious”. The role will be the latest in Singleton’s rising career....

A family feud that has dragged out onreality TVfor more than a decade is fascinating, if nothing else. WhenTeresa Giudicefirst landed onThe Real Housewives of New Jersey, she allegedly had no idea what she would be facing in the years to come. Federal charges of mortgage fraud were brought into her life by her now ex-husband’s business practices. Little could Teresa know that going through that litigation process and ultimately serving almost a year in prison was just the beginning, as further drama would plague her tenure on the series....

The Current War,Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s film about the battle over electric current between Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 where it was poorly received and then its release was plunged further in doubt when its distributor, The Weinstein Company, imploded. The film has been stuck in limbo since then, but then it was picked up by newly formed 101 Studios, which gave Gomez-Rejon permission to create a new cut of the movie....

Miraculously, theDark TowerTV series is still happening at Amazon—albeit as more of a reboot than a continuation of the film franchise. The long-in-the-worksStephen Kingadaptation finally came to fruition in 2017, after previous efforts by directors likeJ.J. AbramsandRon Howardfailed to coalesce. The resulting film foundIdris Elbain the lead role of Roland Deschain andMatthew McConaugheyas the villain Walter Padick aka the Man in Black, but ultimately directorNikolaj Arcel’s film—which “remixed” King’s sprawling book series—failed to impress critics or audiences....

Tomorrow,The Defenderswill finally premiere, and Netflix has released a new trailer to get you excited for the show that will see Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) teaming up to stop an evil force led bySigourney Weaver’s enigmatic character. It’s the culmination of four TV shows, and it will be interesting to see if it all comes together.In her review, Allison Keene points out that the show gets good once it gets going, but it doesn’t hit the ground running, which is unfortunate when you consider it’s only eight episodes....

Captain America: The Winter Soldieris a watershed picture in the MCU. Under the guidance of theRusso Brothers, it broughtChris Evans' Steve Rogers into a paranoid conspiracy thriller straight out of the ’70s, with hard-hitting moral quandaries and even harder-hitting action sequences. If you love that Marvel film as much as I do, you’ll be pleased to know thatSebastian Stan, in a recent interview with theHollywood Reporter, teased the tone of the upcomingThe Falcon and the Winter SoldierDisney+ MCU series as being similar toWinter Soldier....

One of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood has finally been revealed, and the wait is over —Landmanis officially returning forSeason 2. Paramount+ has confirmed that the record-breakingTaylor Sheridandrama, starringBilly Bob Thornton, has been renewed following its dominant debut season on the streaming platform while consolidating its place alongside the likes ofTulsa King, Lioness,and1923as one of their crown jewels. Created by Sheridan andChristian Wallace,Landmanis set in the booming oil towns of West Texas, following the high-stakes world of roughnecks and billionaires reshaping the global economy....

Welcome back to Collider’s recap show forThe Flash. Join David Griffin, Kaori Takee, and John Rocha as they review season 2, episode 10, entitled ‘Potential Energy.’ Team Flash is finally back after their holiday break with a less than spectacular episode that left our recap team disappointed. ‘Potential Energy’ is an episode that is heavily focused on the relationship between Barry and Patty Spivot. The two actors have always possessed great chemistry, but the whole “will they, won’t they” scenario concerning Barry’s secret identity is becoming tiresome....

Two things can be true at the same time, even if those two things seem completely incompatible with each other. Case in point:Katharine Hepburnis the only actor, regardless of gender, to win fourAcademy Awards for Best Actress, but she also almost had her career cut short about as soon as it began. The trope that careers could be made and broken with just one film was already readily established by the late 1930s, at which point Hepburn had a string of stinkers under her belt with her as the poster child....

Most who have seen his work don’t typically associate the visceral and darkly funny filmography of eccentric Japanese auteurTakashi Miikewith the terms “life-affirming” or “tender”, yet his 2019 hyper-violent and still darkly hilarious filmFirst Loveis both. Plot-wise, the movie isn’t a detour from some of Miike’s other films at all, asthe yakuzais a major part of the story. Nevertheless, the ultra-violence has been toned down just a bit, though there are plenty of memorable and hilarious moments of gore to satisfy fans of bothIchi the KillerandAudition....